Flotsam - Page #7 and #8

Just needed a little break from making the Elfins. I love making them, but need a break once in awhile. I decided to do a few quick journal pages as it's my favorite thing to do. These are a bit lacking in style, but were still fun to do. I am half way done with this journal already. The next one I make I probably should include more pages, but then again that's half the fun is making a whole new journal to work in. This one was supposed to be for the collection of found objects I would find on my walks. Well, turns out there really aren't that many interesting found objects to be found in an immaculately maintained historical town. besides there are too many other beautiful things to look at than just the ground.

Elfin Scribes

I have been working on a few Elfin Scribes. I am having trouble getting good photos of them, but that is always the case. I wish I could just cram them in the scanner as I do the books. Those always come out good. I really have to work on my photography skills. If I were wealthy I would just take everything to the photographer and have him/her handle it ... in my next life I suppose. These two Elfins are my first Scribes. I have been planning on making them for quite some time, so I was very happy to get to them now. I am planning on making some of the Elfin Kings next as those were quite popular last season at Festival. I have several bases made up already for

the seated ones and I will also making a few standing ones. After that I will make a few Elfins on swings. I am running low on the marabou feathers. My color selection is rather limited at the moment, so I should place an order for them tomorrow. I went to the "Charm" wholesale house a couple of times when Tricia was visiting so I have a lot of new fun stuff to work with. A lot of the charms are new ones that I have never had before. They have such an amazing

selection that it is so hard to decide what to buy. I try always to be as practical as I can be, but it's hard when you want to buy everything they have. Not only is the stuff wonderful for these Elfins, there are about a million other wonderful things

you can use the charms for ... like jewelry ... and books .... I can't think of the rest of their possible uses right off the cuff, but I know they exist. Years ago I made several very large dolls with books and remembered how much fun it was making smaller

books. Now I have made even smaller books for these Scribes. I just used some old Japanese pages for the pages as I just really like the way it looks. The letters have such elegant shapes. I have not the slightest clue what the original Japanese book was about, although I believe it was a novel of some sort.

Flotsam - Page #5

Flotsam - Page #4

Just finished up a bunch of Moths and am now working on "Fairy Windows". I just realised I have no photos of those anywhere! How on earth did that happen?! They are an item that I have been making for probably 10 years now and not a single photo! Took a little time out to make a journal page, but tomorrow off to make more Windows again ... lots of purple ones of course!

Summer is here

Once again summer came in like a lion. No spring season to speak of. It's by far my least favorite season. I don't think I would mind it if the humidity levels weren't so high. There really isn't a darn thing you can do to make yourself more comfortable except to hibernate inside with the Air Conditioning. I am already looking forward to winter and summer has barely begun! I am working hard on my Moths and it's going pretty well. I'm coming up with a very nice color selection. I hope to start work on the Woodsprites and Fairies very soon as my stock is quite low. I am still trying to squeeze in a journal page here and there when I can as it's what I REALLY love to do.